http://grnc.org/grnc-alerts-archive/705-grnc-alert-10-24-14-troxler-lies-about-fair-security. Troxler misled the public when he promised tight security. The metal detectors that didn’t work and police escorts that didn’t happen left many concerned families frustrated. Andy Stevens won’t mislead you and your family about a risky situation and won’t ask you to put yourself at risk. Troxler’s attacks on gun rights and the ability to defend ourselves at the State Fair are unacceptable.

“I unequivocally support the right of citizens to exercise their 2nd Amendment birthright. This right extends even to the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. As Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, I will lift the present restriction denying nearly 500,000 North Carolinians who possess a Concealed Cary Permit permission to legally carry a firearm in accordance with the law.” – Andy Stevens

Criminals don’t care about your illegal gun ban at the NC State Fair. Criminals carry guns without a background check. Criminals don’t need a PPP to purchase a gun. Criminals carry concealed guns without a CHP. Criminals don’t have to pay for a PPP, a CHP, a safety course, an application fee or fingerprints. Criminals don’t have their mental health investigated. Criminals don’t face confiscation of their property. Criminals don’t tell LEOs that they have a gun in the vehicle when they’re pulled over. Criminals don’t store their gun in a legal manner. Criminals are given a revolving door in the “justice” system and are back out on the street. Criminals don’t pay for their guns; they steal guns from law abiding citizens. Criminals commit crimes against the persons of law abiding citizens and the property of law abiding citizens. Criminals don’t have to hire a lawyer when they commit a crime with a gun because the law abiding citizens who they violate pay for free legal counsel for them. Your illegal ban of guns at the NC State Fair puts the citizens of NC at risk.

Grass Roots North Carolina is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to preserving the freedoms guaranteed us by the Bill of Rights. Our main focus is the right to keep and bear arms. GRNC was central to drafting and passing North Carolina’s concealed handgun law and since that time has continued to push for improvements to gun laws.